Dallas is dealing with the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. Officials said Thomas Eric Duncan may have cared for an Ebola patient while in his home country of Liberia.

Ebola has killed an estimated 3,000 people in Africa. At least 2,000 doctors from the U.S. have traveled there to help, according to U.S. Aid, the government agency coordinating efforts to help with the outbreak.

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With Ebola now in the U.S., a lot of questions arise about whether U.S. health workers will develop Ebola symptoms after returning home from Africa.

At least one New Mexico doctor is in Africa helping with the Ebola outbreak as of Thursday.

One problem with finding the answer to that question is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Aid don’t track details about U.S. health care workers volunteering in Africa. The entities don’t track where the doctors are from, when they left and when they might be coming back.

KOAT Action 7 News was able to confirm there was one doctor from New Mexico volunteering with the outbreak in Africa after phoning nonprofit health care groups one-by-one. Doctors Without Borders was unable to say where that New Mexico doctor lives or when he’s expected back in the U.S.